Portrait Photography (Maternity) - Amanda

One of the things I love about establishing the kind of relationships that we do with our clients, is getting to experience their journey through life as their "family photographer." We've found, more often than not, that when a great consultation leads to an engagement session, and that engagement session leads to a wedding, and at that wedding things just click, then it's not too long until you're taking photos like this one...

We love building those lasting friendships with our clients, and it really does bring us a great deal of joy to share all of those happy moments together.

Rose and I had the privilege of photographing Pat and Amanda's wedding and when the time came, we were honored to become their official family photographers.

Here's a shot of Amanda done just before sunset using a single strobe about 8 feet in the air on a light stand, without any modifiers, off to camera left. I like the etheral mood with a little bit of edge effects added in post.

For The Photographers:

Setup: Nikon D3, Nikon 24-70mm (31mm), 1/1250s @ f/2.8, ISO 200

Post: Adobe Lightroom 3.6, Adobe Photoshop CS5, and onOne Perfect Photo Suite

 

Expedition to Dark Hallow Falls

Just a short post tonight folks. I took this past Friday off, and Rose and I took the girls up to Shenandoah National Park, to one of my favorite spots, the Dark Hallow Falls. (If you're interested in seeing more than just the snapshot that I'm posting today, check out my photo trip to the area from back in 2009) I'll admit now that this post is purely one of those proud papa moments - but I want to brag that my 6, 3, and twin 2-year-olds, made the hike without so much as a single whine. (Well, at least on the way TO the falls). Nice work ladies - daddy is proud of you!

Just a snapshot, but here are the kiddos in front of the falls.

Unique Wedding Moments - Flowers and the Force

I'm going to just allow my inner nerd to surface on this one, because quite frankly I thought this was the coolest. Rose and I shot a wedding last summer up in St. Michael's, Maryland at Harbourtowne Country Club where, during the announcements of the wedding party at the reception, the bridal party carried LIGHTSABERS! That's right, lightsabers - what Jedi couldn't love that kind of entrance! In any event, as the party fired up - a stray lightsaber and bridesmaid bouquet landed in proximity on a table by the dance floor. Under  a combination of moonlight (unfortunately from just one moon), the lights on the patio, and the light from the Jedi weapon - Rosemary captured this unique and in my opinion, oddly beautiful shot. (I'll point out the tech specs below to the photographers in the crowd... I've'complained' (read as, I'm jealous) about Rose's amazing ability to capture images at low shutter speeds without a tripod - here's another for her portfolio.)

For The Photographers:

Camera: Nikon D3, Nikon 24-70mm (29mm), 1/8s @ f/2.8, ISO 800

Post: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Lightroom 3.6

 

Wedding Photography - Natalie and Proben - Part III

One more shot from Natalie and Proben's wedding last May (here are some more, and here too).

This is hands down, one of my top 5 favorite wedding departure photos. I love the giddiness on her face and the happiness on his. These two had such a blast that night and that sentiment went full steam right through their departure.

For The Photographers:

Camera: Nikon D3, Nikon 24-70mm (35mm), 1/5000s @ f/2.8, ISO 3200

Post: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Lightroom 3.6

 

Wedding Photography - Natalie and Proben - Part II

Another shot from Natalie and Proben's wedding. This one was taken just before the shot from our last post. Natalie's dress and jewerly were very classic and formal, but for her "something blue" these shoes set her apart. Hidden under the dress for most of the day, you'd only catch them if you knew to look out for them. We just had to grab a shot.

For The Photographers:

Camera: Nikon D7000, Nikon 18-200mm (27mm), 1/5000s @ f/3.5, ISO 800

Post: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Lightroom 3.6